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Bl4nkface t1_j4v5bdu wrote
Reply to comment by 1bunch in Steven Pinker on the power of irrationality | Choosing ignorance, incapacity, or irrationality can at times be the most rational thing to do. by IAI_Admin
That's the argument of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking fast and slow.
Bl4nkface t1_j377yuc wrote
Reply to comment by Brandyforandy in The Persistent Problem of Consciousness: an astronaut's epiphany by simsquatched
I'm not saying we are separate from the universe. I'm saying that it's not logically correct to infer something about the universe based on the characteristics of parts of the universe (for example, living beings).
Another analogy: Even though you and me are part of Reddit and we both are interested in philosophy, you can't infer that Reddit itself is interested in philosophy.
Bl4nkface t1_j372aek wrote
Reply to comment by Brandyforandy in The Persistent Problem of Consciousness: an astronaut's epiphany by simsquatched
For the universe to want anything, it would need to be conscious as a whole. You can't say that a whole wants something just because there are smaller parts of it who have desires. That's like saying the world wants to buy iPhones just because there are humans in the world who want to buy iPhone. It's an attribution error.
Bl4nkface t1_j6n2wek wrote
Reply to Great Philosophers Are Bad Philosophers by thenousman
Yeah, and Galileo, Newton, and Darwin were bad scientists.